Fan attachment



J. M. SE'LLMAYER.

(No Model.)

TAN ATTACHMENT.

N0. 360,922. Patented Apr. 12, 1887.

@51 a oha Lamas PETERS PhMo-Lilhagnphur. Wishillghn. D C.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN MICHEL SELLMAYER, OF SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA.

FAN ATTACH M ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,922, dated April12, 1887. Application filed June'l, 1886. Serial No. 204,407. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN MICHEL SELL- MAYER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Shreveport, in the parlsh of Oaddo and State ofLouisiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in FanAttachments, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in fan attachments for sewing andother machines; and it consists in the peculiar construction andcombination of devices,that will be more fully set forth hereinafter,and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my improvement attached toa sewingma chine. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the clamp forattaching the standard to the top of the machine-frame. Fig. 3 isasimilar View of the clamp for attaching the pitman to the pitman-rod ofa sewing-machine. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the fan-lever.

A represents the frame of asewing-machine. 13 represents the flywheelthereof; 0, the treadle, and D the pitman which connects the saidtreadle to the said fly-wheel.

The object of my improvement is to provide an attachment which may bereadily secured to and taken from the sewingmachine,and that is adaptedto work automatically, when the machine is in operation, so as to fanthe person using the machine.

a represents a clamp, which comprises an upper jaw, b, and a lower jaw,b, that are clamped together on the top of the machineframe by means ofa screw, 0, which passesthrough the said jaws, and is provided on itslower projecting end with a thumb nut, 01. The engaging sides of thejaws b and b are plane, and should, preferably, be covered with felt orvelvet or other suitable material, in order to prevent them frominjuring the varnish on the table-top. Through the outer end of the jawb passes a screw, 6, on the outeriend of which is pivoted a block, j,which bears against one side of the jaw. Through the said block is madea transverse vertical mortise, g,which is semicircular in shape, asshown, and a thumb nut, h, is screwed onto the outer threaded end of thescrew e and clamps the block f against the side of the jaw.

i represents a standard, the lower end of which is rounded on one sideand fitted in the mortise g, and thereby clamped between the block f andthejaw.

It will be understood that the block f is pivoted on the screw 0 so thatit may be swung in and out to withdraw and replace the standard iwithout detaching the clamp a from the machine or separating the partsof the clamp. To the upper end of the standard t is fulcrumed afan-lever, k, the ends of which extend in opposite directions from thestandard '6, at right angles to the machine-frame. Afan-lever, 7c, isprovided near its center with a longitudinal slot, Z, which receives thereduced upper end of the standard i, the said upper end of the standardbeing fulcrumed in said slot upon a transverse pm, at. In order to locksaid pin in the lever and prevent it from accidentally working loose,and thus disconnecting the lever from the standard, I provide thelockingplate a, one end of which is pivoted on one side of thelever k,and the other end of which is provided with a slot adapted to engage theheaded stud 0, that projects from the same side of the said lever. outerend of the pin m and holds the same in place. At each end of the leverto is made an opening, r, to receive the reduced shank s of a head, it.The said heads are provided with transverse intersecting openings u, toreceive the handles of fans o. A key or wedge, w, is

fan, and bears against the same so as to clamp the fan firmly to thehead at any desired angle.

00 represents aclamp, which comprises two jaws, 00', that are clampedtogether by means of a transverse screw :0 havin a thumb-nut 9 7 7 F.The inner ends of the said jaws are serrated and engage the pitman D ofthe sewingmachine, and between the outer ends of the said jaws is atransverse stud or pin, m, on which is pivoted the lower end of thepitmanrod y. The upper end of the said rod is provided with averticalseries of transverse openings, y, and the said upper end of thepitmanrod is pivoted in a slot, k,which is made near the outer end ofthe fan-lever k. The sides of the said slot are provided with a seriesof transverse aligned openings, k and a trans- This locking-plate bearson the inserted in the opening with the handle of each verse pin, it,passes through one of the said openings, and through one of the openings9 and thereby pivots the upper end of the pitman-rod y in the slot. Thepin 75 is secured against becoming accidentally dislodged by means ofalocking-plate, 2, which is similar in construction and operation to theplaten, hereinbefore described.

By providing the heads 25 at both ends of the lever 70, the said leverisadapted to operate two fans, one of which is employed for the operatorofthe sewing-machine, and the other may be used for keeping, flies froma sleeping child in a cradle, 01' for any other suitable purpose.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The combination, in a fanattachment for JOHN MICHEL SELLMAYER.

Witnesses:

W. J. ALEXANDER, ALLAN V. WILSON.

